Plymouth

Plymouth, (1) capital of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, on Plymouth Bay, 37 miles by rail SE. of Boston, is famous as the landing-place of the Pilgrim Fathers (q.v.). Plymouth Rock is a granite boulder at the water's edge on which they landed. It is covered by a handsome granite canopy, and there is also a national monument (1858-59) to the pilgrims; the pedestal, also of granite, stands on a hill overlooking the landing-place, and is 46 feet high, surmounted by a central figure of Faith, 36 feet high, with four immense stone figures representing Morality, Education, Freedom, and Law around the base. In Pilgrim Hall (1824-25) are preserved many relics of the first settlement of the country. The town has an iron-foundry and zinc-rolling mills, and manufactures cotton and duck, cordage, nails, tacks, and rivets. It is popular as a summer-resort, and contains a number of hotels. Pop. (1885) 7239.—(2) A mining town of Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, 20 miles by rail SW. of Scranton. Pop. (1890, mostly foreigners) 9344.—(3) The capital of Montserrat (q.v.).